HISP023 Gender History (5 cr)

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Study level:
Basic studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish
Responsible organisation:
Department of History and Ethnology
Curriculum periods:
2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024

Description

The course focuses on the basics of gender history and the importance of gender in history.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student will:

  • be able to identify key aspects of gender history and be familiar with the research tradition of the field
  • know how to ask in what situations gender has significance
  • understand that gender can relate to many other distinctions and intersects with a number of research topics and periods
  • be able to look at historical research sources from the perspective of gender
  • have honed their skills in analysing information and critical thinking.

Literature

  • Markkola, Pirjo, Östman, Ann-Catrin & Lamberg, Marko (toim.), Näkymätön sukupuoli. Mieheyden pitkä historia (2014)
  • Downs, Laura Lee, Writing Gender History (2010)
  • Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E., Gender in History: Global Perspectives (2010)

Completion methods

These completion methods are for University of Jyväskylä degree students. Other options:

Method 1

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Method 2

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Parts of the completion methods
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Participation in teaching (5 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish

Teaching

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Independent study (5 cr)

Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish

Teaching